Cotto vs Marg lack of promotion??

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  1. jlrivera81

    jlrivera81 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Perhaps, I'm wrong, but have they not shown any commercials advertising this fight? I havent seen any ads on ESPN (ESPN deportes does not count b/c most people cant see that), fox, etc...

    I've seen commercials for DLH, Floyd, Pacman, but not for this fight when this fight is clearly the biggest of the year thus far.

    What is Bob Arum thinking about. If there has ever been a time to promote Cotto and Marg, this would be it.
     
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  2. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    A countdown is coming soon.
     
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  3. Antwuan Maxx

    Antwuan Maxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Funny. I was just watching Junior Jones vs. John Michael Johnson on ESPN Classic and they showed a commercial for Cotto-Marg during the break. **** got me excited. :lol:
     
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  4. venomus_p4p

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    I was watching the same but i missed that comercial!! :twisted:
     
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  5. jlrivera81

    jlrivera81 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Really?? it sucks i missed that one. have you seen one on regular espn.

    Scar, you're right about the countdown, but do you think that is enough considering that it will come on at a time when most people are at the club. not only that, but only us boxing fans care about the countdown. the only way a casual/non boxing fan would watch is if one of us sat them down.
     
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  6. Jaaames

    Jaaames Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I seen more promotion of pac and diaz than this fight..... I watch telefutura every fight and for weeks maybe a month or more from the fight, they were talking about david diaz a lot... he was all on their tv.... david diaz was a fan in the crowd.. his name was brought up... commercials.. they were hypin david diaz up on that channel... well i actually couldnt understand almost everything they said, but David Diaz on that show looked like almost a superstar..
     
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  7. criollo

    criollo fearless Full Member

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    i saw more promotion for delahoya-forbes! but hey thats what people like, fighters that wear thongs and sh#t!
     
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  8. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    ive seen 2 on 2 differant channels but your right its embarresing...

    This is Cotto vs Margarito for gods sakes
     
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  9. Cadillac Man

    Cadillac Man Member Full Member

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    Yeah it pisses me off...I've only seen 1 commercial 4 the fight and hopefully now with 2 weeks away they will start hypin it...I know it cost like 450,000 for air time during the all-star game but imagine a commercial on the game...This is the fight they need 2 hype because it will live up to the hype.I haven't looked forward 2 fight like this for a while...
     
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  10. JabCross727

    JabCross727 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think this fight will have more fireworks than the PBF-DLH superfight of yester-year.
     
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  11. Toopretty

    Toopretty Custom made Full Member

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    B/c nobody like Margarito or can even say his name right. I just call him dorito or chilli frito. It dont matter, they dont need to play clips of him b/c he is just a stepping stone for the new welter king. COTTO!...ha ha. sike. I dont want to jinx my boy Cotto.
     
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  12. vargasfan1985

    vargasfan1985 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ive seen a few commercials on tv? im sure its getting its exposure
     
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  13. birddog

    birddog Active Member Full Member

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    Because it's a fight fans fight, and that core audience (us) will buy so many pay per views already. They figure the ad money they spend at least in the states, won't attract the casual fan in enough numbers to justify it. As neither is publicly known in the states.

    Most likely the mone will be spent in PR and Mexico.
     
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  14. The Italarican

    The Italarican Pretty Good Poster Full Member

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    HBO will be reairing Margarito vs. Cintron 2 a few times this week. They're also doing this for Cotto-Judah and Cotto-Mosley.
     
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  15. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Margarito is a bridesmaid. He's a bum.
     
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